what mother board?

[persun87]

Hi, I am new to building pc's. I am looking to build a fast general use pc. Want to beable to run multiple programs and stream video and such.
I am looking for some direction with mother board choice. I plan to use AMD A10 5800k processor I was looking at the MSI A85XMA- E35 board then I came across the ASUS F2A85-M pro board. I am wondering which would be best and why? I want a solid reliable board.

 

[yvesj]

go with asrock fm2a85x extreme6 or extreme4 this is what i have with the cpu a10 5800k plus a ssd drive 128 gbs ,g'skill 4 gbs 7-7-7-21 .1333 and right now my complitr restart is 21 secs very fast system never had a problem since i build it about 7 months ago .
go for this and you have a very good computer

 

[Cerb]

What are your expected needs, over time? Quite a few will be just fine. Right now, if you're in the U.S., Gigabyte's GA-F2A85XM-D3H looks pretty nice ($80 w/ $10 MIR, free shipping). The Asus ASUS F2A85-M pro looks a good board, but I don't see what it really gets you over others, for the cost.

 

[persun87]

I want something that will be upgradeable and reliable. Looking to beable to run multiple windows of internet along with office and maybe some photo editing. Want it to be quick. On the verge of a gaming pc minus graphics card as i wont be using it to game. Will be running windows 7, 8gb ram, 500w power supply, dvd rw drive possible blu-ray drive, an 60gb ssd, 1tb hdd

 

[Cerb]

CPU upgradability is luck. Most of them now will take Richland CPUs, but they're only going to be marginally better, for the desktop (also. Don't plan for that. Get good enough now, and assume you'll need to replace the CPU, mobo, and probably RAM, when something worth upgrading to comes out.

RAM upgrading can be handled with a 4-slot motherboard. You could buy 2x4GB for 8GB now, and either add another 2x4 later, or replace it altogether. With a 2-slot, you'd have to replace it, or go with 1x8GB for now, which will be slower, for the AMD APUs.

Internally, having PCI and PCI-e gives you options. Wireless cards, serial cards, drive controllers, etc. are still often PCI (it's not quite dead). Everything new is PCI-e. You aren't likely to need many cards added, either (possibly none, for the life of the computer).

Having a USB 3.0 header will let you use front USB 3.0 ports.